RIPTIDE AQUACULTURE 5th Year Anniversary Tax Madness LIVE SALE, GAMES, GIVEAWAYS, LIVESTREAMS

[RiptideAquaculture]

Story? You wanna a story?

I worked PT at a coral shop called CoralPets in a suburb of Cincinnati.

The store owner always loved ordering coral but hated picking the boxes up at the airport. So he would always enlist me to drive 30 miles one way to pick up the overnight shipments.

One day back in 2017, I was sent to Greater Cincinnati Airport to the Delta Cargo hanger to pick up two boxes of overnighted coral from Los Angeles.

Many people don't know that when people go and retire in a different State and die, their remains are shipped in crated coffins on commerce flights to return them to the State in which they are to be buried.

Yeap, dead people flying in the belly of your flight in a crated coffin. Happens more than you think.

Anyway...

Many many times when I would go get coral from Delta I would see a Hearse, sometimes two Hearses, waiting for Delta to release the crated coffin to them.

No matter what you are picking up, lots of paperwork. Many times left standing out in the parking lot 'Receiving Area' to wait for the forklift guy to deliver your boxes to load into your vehicle.

So back to this particular day in 2017, I pull up and notice a Hearse in the receiving area. I go in and start the paperwork to receive my two boxes of coral.

After the paperwork was done, I went to use the bathroom bc I knew a had a 30 mile hike back to the store with live coral piled in my car.

When I left the bathroom and headed to my car, I saw the guy from the Funeral Home loading my two boxes of live coral into the back of the Hearse.

"Hang on there buddy," I confusingly said as I approached him. "I think you got my boxes because they're all labeled FRAGILE THIS END UP"

I always knew what our coral shipment boxes looked like....

"Nooooo," the funeral home guy replied, "pretty sure these two boxes are mine because I showed the worker [forklift guy] my paperwork and he said I was good to go"

I said, "but they're coral boxes. Not a deceased person in a crated coffin! I don't understand..."

Hearse driver said, "I know. My paperwork said it's the cremated remains of Mr. (blahblahblah)"

I said, "noooooo"

So here I am standing at the back of a Hearse arguing over WHATS IN THE TWO BOXES (?)

Just then the forklift guy shows up, "Here's your two boxes, Coral Dude"

So now three of us are all standing there at the back opened end of a Hearse.

I said, "we gotta double check this shipment"

Forklift guy looks over both sets of paperwork and says, "Holy Shlt!!!! I mixed up the boxes!!!!"

So we straighten everything out.

To this day, I could only imagine what the look on both parties faces would have looked like upon opening the contents if the wrong boxes went out.....


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Oh man, really dodged a bullet on that one!

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

Ok, it's kinda funny but not really...

I was working in the 5 gallon the other day and my stupid clown fish swam over and bit me. Then, when I pulled my hand out she got scared and jumped - right out of the tank! Ever since I grabbed her off the ground and put her back in the tank she refuses to bite me. Now, when I put him my hand back in the tank she comes and cuddles with my hand instead of attacking me.

What's funny is, how you know its coming( They do it every time) but it still catches me off guard every time.

 

[tbrown]

What's funny is, how you know its coming( They do it every time) but it still catches me off guard every time.

 

[Utubereefer]

@zaytoven_337
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[tbrown]

This isn’t a funny story but it is a story how I ended up with three tanks. Last spring i moved into a much larger place than I had been so I wanted to have a tank again (place we’d been living in for the past 8 years was pretty tight for space). Bought an acrylic all in one with cabinet stand. I was talked out of doing salt by wife. So did next best thing in my mind. Got discus. Forward to the fall and my birthday . I decided I wanted to try salt ( this was after purchasing it , said I wanted pea puffers originally)so with some persuading the wife went and got a Biocube 16 gallon. Nice but I soon wanted bigger . Went and got my IM 30l that I’m using now. Wife was like that’s it right? Well, I spent 3 weeks of persuading, saying I’ve got everything I need to set it up as a freshwater . Finally success. I now have a pea puffer tank at my bedside. Which was what I said I was gonna do with it originally.

I grew up with tanks but never had a salt tank. When I got married, she let me have 1 so I got convicts. We moved and I had to tear it down. Then, 4 years later for Father's Day she bought me a tank and stand. Then I upgraded (and kept the old one), then built a stand for two tanks, then upgraded the top tank, then put the top tank on a different stand and got another tank, then added a dual tank 10 gallon stand... After 3 years of playing this game I had 5 10 gallons, 2 30 gallons, a 50 gallon, a 125 gallon, and my 75 gallon reef. Then I moved and tore everything down. Now I'm back to a 75 reef, a 110 extra high Angelfish, a 20 gallon convict, a 10 gallon quarantine, and a 5 gallon reef. The 125 and the 30 BioOrb should be coming online soon.

 

[steveschuerger]

I grew up with tanks but never had a salt tank. When I got married, she let me have 1 so I got convicts. We moved and I had to tear it down. Then, 4 years later for Father's Day she bought me a tank and stand. Then I upgraded (and kept the old one), then built a stand for two tanks, then upgraded the top tank, then put the top tank on a different stand and got another tank, then added a dual tank 10 gallon stand... After 3 years of playing this game I had 5 10 gallons, 2 30 gallons, a 50 gallon, a 125 gallon, and my 75 gallon reef. Then I moved and tore everything down. Now I'm back to a 75 reef, a 110 extra high Angelfish, a 20 gallon convict, a 10 gallon quarantine, and a 5 gallon reef. The 125 and the 30 BioOrb should be coming online soon.

My first tank was a birthday present from the folks when I turned 13. Funny thing is I’d been openly saying I wanted either a fish tank or baby boa. The look on their faces was palpable relief when I said fish. So off we went. Except when we reached the front porch, I asked if I could change my mind. In unison loudly enough to be heard by the neighborhood I think they said “ no you said fish and that’s what we’re getting you”.

 

[Fatmike92]

@RiptideAquaculture any more of these shrooms?!? More people need them!!

maybe it’s just me but I love just the little pops of color!

such a cool shroom “RT Carpet Bomber”

 

[Utubereefer]

@Hungrypede
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[RiptideAquaculture]

@RiptideAquaculture any more of these shrooms?!? More people need them!!

maybe it’s just me but I love just the little pops of color!

such a cool shroom “RT Carpet Bomber”

I believe there will be 2 in this sale. I remember taking picture of them at least lol.

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

My first tank was a birthday present from the folks when I turned 13. Funny thing is I’d been openly saying I wanted either a fish tank or baby boa. The look on their faces was palpable relief when I said fish. So off we went. Except when we reached the front porch, I asked if I could change my mind. In unison loudly enough to be heard by the neighborhood I think they said “ no you said fish and that’s what we’re getting you”.

 

[steveschuerger]

This fish tank?

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

This fish tank?

 

[Utubereefer]

 

[steveschuerger]

My wife just told me don’t be getting any ideas when I was watching this. I mean I ”could” convert the study to be a huge tank .

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

@RiptideAquaculture any more of these shrooms?!? More people need them!!

maybe it’s just me but I love just the little pops of color!

such a cool shroom “RT Carpet Bomber”

One of the shrooms up for grabs!

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

My wife just told me don’t be getting any ideas when I was watching this. I mean I ”could” convert the study to be a huge tank .

 

[billyocean]

Holy water change batman! You would need to order by the pallet.

 

[Stang67]

I grew up with tanks but never had a salt tank. When I got married, she let me have 1 so I got convicts. We moved and I had to tear it down. Then, 4 years later for Father's Day she bought me a tank and stand. Then I upgraded (and kept the old one), then built a stand for two tanks, then upgraded the top tank, then put the top tank on a different stand and got another tank, then added a dual tank 10 gallon stand... After 3 years of playing this game I had 5 10 gallons, 2 30 gallons, a 50 gallon, a 125 gallon, and my 75 gallon reef. Then I moved and tore everything down. Now I'm back to a 75 reef, a 110 extra high Angelfish, a 20 gallon convict, a 10 gallon quarantine, and a 5 gallon reef. The 125 and the 30 BioOrb should be coming online soon.

Tank jenga.

 

[Stang67]

 

[Paulwizal23]